Peter J. Rubinstein brings decades of experience as a congregational rabbi and as a leader in the Jewish and interfaith communities to his role as 92Y’s director of Jewish Community and the Bronfman Center for Jewish Life. In this capacity, he oversees Jewish content and programming within the Bronfman Center, collaborates with staff throughout the institution on innovative programs related to Jewish themes and forges new collaborations with faith leaders both within and beyond the Jewish community.

Rabbi Rubinstein is also the Rabbi Emeritus of Central Synagogue, a Reform congregation where he served as the Senior Rabbi for 23 years. Prior to his position at Central Synagogue, Rabbi Rubinstein served as the Rabbi of Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, New York and Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, California.

He is the immediate past Chair of the Partnership of Faith in New York City, which includes the senior clergy of the city’s major congregations and was co-president of the US Board of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. He is also immediate past chair of the Board of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City and is on the Board of the New York Region of the American Jewish Committee and Co-Chair of its Rabbinic Round Table. He is presently the director of the Be Wise Fellowship in Jewish Entrepreneurialism at the HUC-JIR in New York City.

Rabbi Rubinstein is also a founder and chair of the Rabbinic Council of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and a member of the organization’s North American Advisory Board. and he frequently lectures on the evolution of synagogues and the role of a Rabbi now and in the future. He was ranked number three in Newsweek’s 2012 list of “America’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis” and number 5 in 2013. He was named one of the 28 “2014 America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” by The Jewish Daily Forward.

Rabbi Rubinstein graduated from Amherst College and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Amherst College in 2017. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, where he also received a Master of Hebrew Letters degree with honors. He received a Doctor of Divinity in 1994.

He has taught at Manhattanville College, Colgate University, San Jose State and the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion both in New York and Cincinnati. His essays have been included in Restoring Faith by Forrest Church, How Can I Find God (edited by James Martin), Our Rabbis Taught and Shine by Star Jones. He co-authored an article entitled “Innovation in All Generation” which appeared in the Winter 2017 edition of the The Reform Jewish Quarterly.

Dr. Georgette Bennett, a sociologist and former broadcast journalist, is founder and President of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, which she established to build on the work of her late husband, Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum. She is founder of the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees (MFA), which advocates on behalf of Syrian war victims and has delivered more than $130 million of humanitarian aid into Syria and surrounding refugee camps. Dr. Bennett serves as chair of the Jewish Funders Network, is a Trustee of the Polonsky Foundation in London, a Board member of Third Way, Treasurer and Founding Board member of Global Covenant Partners, and an Overseer of the International Rescue Committee. Georgette has received numerous honors, including the Global Impact Award from the Society for International Development (Israel), Leadership Award from the New York Board of Rabbis, the Interfaith Gold Medallion from the International Council of Christians and Jews, and the Distinguished Service Award from the New York City Comptroller’s office.

The Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson is president of Auburn Seminary, a leadership development and research institute that equips and convenes leaders across the multifaith movement for justice. Rev. Henderson was raised in Louisville, Kentucky during the civil rights movement where she accompanied her parents on civil rights marches and prayed and sang with people of many faith traditions who came together out of moral conviction—all united for justice. She earned her Masters of Divinity degree at Union Theological Seminary and her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A).

Rev. Henderson was named co-recipient of the Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize for her lifelong passion to create spaces for authentic interfaith engagement. She joined esteemed past winners including His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Rev. Henderson was nominated and selected as an Arthur Vining Davis Foundation’s Fellow for the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival for her outstanding and respected leadership in the multifaith leadership development field. She serves on the Advisory Board of Duke University’s Islamic Studies Center and the Multifaith Leadership Advisory Board for New York University; and is a Board member of the Summit Preparatory School in Kalispell, MT.

Daisy Khan is an award-winning speaker, author, activist, commentator, and the founder of Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) which amplifies women’s voices at all levels of political, economic, religious, and social discourse. She is a recipient of twenty awards for her work in advancing women’s rights and enhancing interfaith relations. Khan is a frequent media commentator & Op-Ed writer on American Muslims, Women in Islam, Islamophobia, and religious extremism.

In 2017, Khan published a report, WISE Up in collaboration with 72 authors to prevent the rise of hate and extremism and develop narratives of peace. In 2018, Khan’s memoir, Born with Wings, was published by Random Hose, earning a starred review from Publishers Weekly. In it, she depicts her spiritual journey as a modern Muslim woman and her pathway to leadership.

Born in Kashmir, she spent twenty-five years as an interior architect for various Fortune 500 companies. In 2005, she dedicated herself to full-time community service and building movements for positive change, both in the United States and around the globe. In her off time, you can find Daisy working in her flower garden or cooking up a storm. She lives with her husband in the New York tristate area.